I'm a risk taker artistically, but clearly this rendition didn't strike the intended tone. I love this country and honestly tried my best.

- Former Black-Eyed Peas singer Fergie, who sent social media into meltdown after performing her sultry version of the national anthem.
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It has been said that a Scotchman has not seen the world until he has seen Edinburgh; and I think that I may say that an American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

[There is] pretty clear evidence that the Russians meddled [in the 2016 presidential election]. Whether [Russia] affected the outcome is another question. It’s problematic that a foreign nation is involved in our election system. Our democracy is only as good as people trust the results.

- Former President George W. Bush at a conference in Abu Dhabi.
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Inoculate yourself with the word of God. We don’t have a flu season, And don’t receive it when somebody threatens you with,...

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Inoculate yourself with the word of God. We don’t have a flu season, And don’t receive it when somebody threatens you with, ‘Everybody’s getting the flu.’ We’ve already had our shot: He bore our sicknesses and carried our diseases. That’s what we stand on. I’ll never have the flu. I’ll never have the flu. Flu, I bind you off of the people in the name of Jesus. Jesus himself gave us the flu shot. He redeemed us from the curse of flu, and we receive it and we take it, and we are healed by his stripes, amen.

- Gloria Copeland, a Texas minister who serves on Trump’s evangelical advisory board. Flu hospitalizations have reached their highest point in nearly a decade, and 48 states are experiencing widespread illnesses due to the virus.
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Tue, 06 Feb 2018 16:42:24 GMT

I’m not watching the Super Bowl this weekend... Starting last season, a small number of players decided to make political statements – I think this was about individuals, who are paid very well to play a game, protesting perceived racism – by kneeling during the National Anthem. That persisted into this season, but seemed to be fading away until President Trump focused on it, which only re-energized the effort.

Still, the anti-National Anthem players have continued to rank as a small minority in the game. But that has not stopped assorted people (mainly on the Right) from getting so, again, offended that they spew forth accusations that the entire NFL is unpatriotic and anti-military, and the league warrants a boycott. Um, really? What about all of the salutes this season during NFL games to military personnel and the massive flags unfurled for the National Anthem?

Anyway, it doesn’t stop there. The Left isn’t crazy about the NFL either. After all, football is a manly, violent sport, that’s also highly competitive. These generally are not traits embraced by liberals. Also, even though Native Americans don’t seem to care very much, as illustrated by a Washington Post poll, the Left periodically takes up the cause to have the Washington Redskins re-named, as these protestors are – yes, you guessed it – offended by “Redskins.” Under the Obama administration, even the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office got in on the act, trying to repeal the team’s trademark, but the courts put a stop to that effort – well, at least for now.

At first, I thought maybe I did like Nutella—after all, it's chocolate, and I have been known to unapologetically consume a can of frosting in one sitting, so it seems like I should enjoy it, but then the hazelnut taste comes in, and my mouth clots with the thickness and the too sweetness, and it's ghastly. Why are these flavors together? Why won't the taste go away? Why and how has a cult developed around this substance?

"The average human head weighs between 10 and 12 pounds, and when we bend our neck to text or check Facebook, the gravitational pull on our head and the stress on our neck increases to as much as 60 pounds of pressure. That common position, pervasive among everyone from paupers to presidents, leads to incremental loss of the curve of the cervical spine. “Text neck” is becoming a medical issue that countless people suffer from, and the way we hang our heads has other health risks, too, according to a report published last year in The Spine Journal."

- Adam Popescu, from the New York Times.
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